馬子

See also: 马子

Chinese
horse; surname
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (馬子) 馬 子
simp. (马子) 马 子

Etymology 1

During the Han Dynasty, the emperor's commode was called 虎子 (hǔzǐ). However, the grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang was called 李虎 (Lǐ Hǔ). Because it was forbidden for common items to contain the given names of members of the imperial family (see Naming taboo), 虎子 was changed to 馬子／马子 (mǎzi), which morphed later into 馬桶／马桶 (mǎtǒng).

Pronunciation

Noun

馬子

  1. nightstool; closestool; commode; toilet; chamber pot
  2. (gambling) chip
  3. (chiefly Taiwan, colloquial, humorous or derogatory) girlfriend
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 女朋友 (“girlfriend”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 女朋友, 女友
Mandarin Beijing 女朋友
Taiwan 女朋友, 女友, 馬子 humorous or derogatory
Chengdu 女娃子, 女娃娃, 女娃兒, 盤子
Guilin 𧊅
Xuzhou 女朋友
Nanjing 女朋友, 攀西
Singapore 女朋友
Cantonese Guangzhou 女朋友, 女
Hong Kong 女朋友, 女友, 女, 女女, 菜 derogatory
Taishan 女朋友, 女
Dongguan 皮油
Singapore (Guangfu) 女朋友
Hakka Meixian 女朋友
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 細妹朋友, 女朋友
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 細妹朋友, 女朋友
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 細妹朋友, 女朋友
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 細妹朋友, 女朋友
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 妹子朋友, 女朋友
Eastern Min Fuzhou 女朋友
Southern Min Xiamen 女朋友
Shishi 女朋友
Taipei 姼仔 GT
Penang (Hokkien) 查某朋友
Singapore (Hokkien) 查某朋友
Manila (Hokkien) 女朋友, 查某朋友
Chaozhou 女朋友
Haifeng 女朋友
Singapore (Teochew) 查某朋友
Leizhou 女朋友
Singapore (Hainanese) 女朋友
Wu Shanghai 女朋友
Suzhou 女朋友
Hangzhou 女朋友
Ningbo 女朋友
Zhoushan 女朋友
Xiang Changsha 妹子
Note GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
Derived terms

Pronunciation

Noun

馬子

  1. (Taiwanese Hakka) foal
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 小馬 (“foal”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 駒, 馬駒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 小馬
Mandarin Beijing 馬駒兒, 馬駒子
Harbin 馬駒子
Yantai (Muping) 馬駒兒, 馬駒子
Jinan 馬駒兒, 馬駒子
Luoyang 馬駒子
Wanrong 馬駒子
Xi'an 馬駒兒, 馬駒子
Yinchuan 馬駒子, 馬駒駒
Lanzhou 馬駒子
Xining 尕馬兒, 馬駒子兒, 馬駒子
Wuhan 小馬
Chengdu 小馬兒
Guiyang 小馬崽, 小馬兒
Liuzhou 馬崽
Yangzhou 小馬
Hefei 小馬
Cantonese Guangzhou 馬仔
Hong Kong 馬仔
Dongguan 馬仔
Yangjiang 馬仔
Gan Nanchang 馬崽子
Lichuan 馬崽兒
Hakka Meixian 細馬仔
Yudu 細馬
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 馬子
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 馬子
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 馬子
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 馬子
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 馬子
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 馬么
Jin Taiyuan 馬駒, 馬駒子
Northern Min Jian'ou 馬仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 馬囝
Southern Min Xiamen 馬仔囝, 馬仔
Quanzhou 馬仔
Zhangzhou 馬仔
Penang (Hokkien) 馬囝
Chaozhou 馬囝
Leizhou 馬囝
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 馬崽
Wu Suzhou 小馬
Wenzhou 馬兒
Xiang Changsha 馬崽子
Shuangfeng 馬崽基

Japanese
Kanji in this term
馬 子
ま
Grade: 2		 こ > ご
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

馬(ま)子(ご) • (mago) 

  1. packhorse driver
    馬子(まご)にも衣装(いしょう)
    mago ni mo ishō
    (proverb) the clothes make the man
    山(やま)んばばあと馬子(まご)どん
    Yamanbabā to mago don
    the Mountain-Witch and the Packhorse Driver, an Okinawan folktale

Proper noun
Kanji in this term
馬 子
うま
Grade: 2		 こ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

馬(うま)子(こ) • (Umako) 

  1. a male given name
    • 蘇我馬子 (Soga-no Umako) - famous leader of the Soga clan (died 626).

References
  • Jim Breen's 'EDICT'
  • The new Nelson Japanese-English character dictionary
  • NTC's New Japanese-English Dictionary
  • David Galef's book on proverbs "Even Monkeys Fall From Trees"
  • Daniel Crump Buchanan's book "Japanese Proverbs and Sayings"
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